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I Blame You, TB...

#22
After becoming a membe here playing with my band for 5 years I bought an American Standard Precision, The most expensive musical equipment I have bought. I'm happy because it is a great bass.
I also found out about the new Fender Rumbles, the space elevator and Sasquatch. Oh and I read a very funny review of the Olive Garden.
 
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#23
1: Other people actually like Yes. I was a fan before I started playing guitar, and long before I started playing bass. I don't mind rush but I'm not a fan.
2: I jumped on the flats + Pbass bandwagon. I love those things. (still don't care for tort - prefer pearloid). Was playing a yamaha 5 string before that.

Actually a fair bit in common with the OP
 
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Humor aside, for a guy who started playing at age 50 but has a thirst to learn and experiment and build and a history of audio, music and electronics geekery (prior to playing bass) TB has been an amazing resource not to mention a fun hangout.

I sometimes have to bite my tongue in the presence of more seasoned players because I often realize they haven't a clue what they are talking about. Most of what I know I owe to TB members.
 
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Jamvan said:
When I started reading TB around March 2014, I was playing an Ibanez SR305 through a TC Electronic BG250 115.

Now there's this....(Not pictured: Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe, Ampeg SCR-DI, Hartke Bass Attack VXL, Dunlop MVP Pedal, Empress Compressor, Soundblox 2 OFD, a second, smaller Roadie Made board. Gah!)

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I thought I had it bad...

When I joined TB, I played an Ibanez SR500 (90s Maple body PJ) and Ibanez SR480 (Mahogany predecessor of the current SR500) through a Crate MXB10 practice amp, and a Crate BX100 1x15 combo, I used a Digitech BP50 mostly for the tuner function because I was clueless on how else to make it fucnction. Since then I have...

Bought and modded a Squier Affinity Jazz
Donated the Crate amps to my church.
Got My Rumble 500 combo and 210 Cab because a 1x15 100 watt combo suddenly isn't enough.
Learned about SX. Bought a P bass copy.
Got a tort guard for that P bass.
Sold that BP50.
Bought a Zoom B3.
Got an expression pedal.
Learned about pedal tuners and got one.
Built a pedalboard.

I need help.
 
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Big Hoss said:
I thought I had it bad...

When I joined TB, I played an Ibanez SR500 (90s Maple body PJ) and Ibanez SR480 (Mahogany predecessor of the current SR500) through a Crate MXB10 practice amp, and a Crate BX100 1x15 combo, I used a Digitech BP50 mostly for the tuner function because I was clueless on how else to make it fucnction. Since then I have...

Bought and modded a Squier Affinity Jazz
Donated the Crate amps to my church.
Got My Rumble 500 combo and 210 Cab because a 1x15 100 watt combo suddenly isn't enough.
Learned about SX. Bought a P bass copy.
Got a tort guard for that P bass.
Sold that BP50.
Bought a Zoom B3.
Got an expression pedal.
Learned about pedal tuners and got one.
Built a pedalboard.

I need help.
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Yep. I churned almost all of my gear in the past 12 months, but now I'm done (ha ha).
 
#31
Big Hoss said:
I thought I had it bad...

When I joined TB, I played an Ibanez SR500 (90s Maple body PJ) and Ibanez SR480 (Mahogany predecessor of the current SR500) through a Crate MXB10 practice amp, and a Crate BX100 1x15 combo, I used a Digitech BP50 mostly for the tuner function because I was clueless on how else to make it fucnction. Since then I have...

Bought and modded a Squier Affinity Jazz
Donated the Crate amps to my church.
Got My Rumble 500 combo and 210 Cab because a 1x15 100 watt combo suddenly isn't enough.
Learned about SX. Bought a P bass copy.
Got a tort guard for that P bass.
Sold that BP50.
Bought a Zoom B3.
Got an expression pedal.
Learned about pedal tuners and got one.
Built a pedalboard.

I need help.
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Ha! I forgot that I rotated through a couple multi-FX units before I settled upon building out a board. I had a Boss GT-6B that I sold and picked up a Zoom B3 (w/expression pedal) that I sold and started buying individual effects. I blame it all on how new everything was (20 years away from playing) that I just had to try EVERYTHING. Now that I'm playing, I've settled into mostly using a little dirt and a little compression and a lot of volume. It works for what I'm currently playing so my GAS has been mostly eradicated. Ok, that's a lie. I just picked up an Empress Compressor the other night. Gah!

TB has been such an excellent resource on one hand but horrible drain on my bank account on the other!
 
#33
I have some what of an unusual TB influenced experience.Joined TB a was gassin hard for an Olympic White Am Std P bass with red tort guard and maple neck.Went looking for said P bass to try it out ended up picking up a Gibson SG Special and forgot all about the P bass that TB had originally got me gassin for.Then came the SG/EB fanatics and I ended up with another SG.Pedals too.That one started with all the talk about DI's.I had always been a straight amp guy until then.All the post about how convenient DI boxs were got me interested.So I bought an Eden WTDI and next thing I know I got a whole pedal board.

Then not to mention the Thunderbird episode where I clicked on a NBD post where some one had got a Tbird and the whole D bag fiasco ensued after I got into it at a store over a Tbird.

TB is evil I tell you,evil lol.
 
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#35
I learnt:

Contrary to local belief, there are actually other brands than Fender

Solid State amps just don't cut it

Price and Quality are not always related

Nobody actually needs an 810

Ampeg is not the be all and end all

You don't get better by online lessons, you need to throw yourself in the deep end

Tom Bowlus has the greatest room known to man

Fodera really are that good

Contrary to Youtube rants, you actually do need expensive gear or risk being banned from TB

If you love Rickenbackers, people will judge you

If you hate Rickenbackers, people will judge you
 
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ZenG said:
Before TB I didn't even know what a Tort pickguard was.....now I realize that it is the first thing to be considered when buying or modding a bass.

My new mantra is "If it isn't Tort---you must abort"..
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Actually you have it backwards. Tort makes your tone really bad. It's one thing the collective wisdom of TB has completely wrong. Plus, tort us just flat butt ugly. Bootsy Collins would never, ever have a tort pickguard. Or glasses for that matter. Pearloid and mother of toilet seat rule the tonal world.
 

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